Effects of progesterone on prolactin, hypothalamic beta-endorphin, hypothalamic substance P, and midbrain serotonin in guinea pigs.

abstract：:Amygdalotomized, sham-operated and intact wild-derived house mice of both sexes were group-caged (8-10) or singly caged for 3 weeks. The weights of ovaries (p is less than 0.05) and uteri (p is less than 0.01) were less in intact and sham-operated grouped females compared to singly caged intact and amygdalotomized fem...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Pasley JN,Powell EW,Cernosek RM,Cernosek SF

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three control point enzymes of the Embden-Meyerhof pathway, hexokinase (HK), phosphofructokinase (PFK) and pyruvate kinase (PK) were measured by quantitative histochemical methods in individual hypothalamic nuclei of adult neonatally androgenized female rats. HK activity was significantly increased in anterior hypotha...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Packman PM,Bragdon MJ,Boshans RL

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian pineal gland appears to be a major endocrine component in the regulation of photoperiodic responses. The circadian pattern of secretion of the pineal hormone, melatonin, is regulated by the nervous system. Changes in photoperiod, acting via the nervous system, alter the temporal pattern of melatonin secr...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Goldman BD,Darrow JM

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of acute stress exposure upon cholecystokinin (CCK) and substance P (SP) concentrations in discrete hypothalamic regions of the adult male rat brain were studied. Animals were exposed to foot shock stress for periods of 2, 4, 10, 30 or 60 min duration; immediately afterwards they were decapitated; brains w...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Siegel RA,Düker EM,Pahnke U,Wuttke W

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptidyl-glycine alpha-amidation activity has been detected in human cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and in several regions of the central nervous system. Activity was monitored by measuring conversion of mono-125I-D-Tyr-Val-Gly into mono-125I-D-Tyr-Val-NH2. The alpha-amidation activity in CSF is dependent on molecular oxyg...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Wand GS,Ney RL,Mains RE,Eipper BA

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the role and site of action of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in ovine pineal glands, we have investigated the effects of aminooxyacetic acid (AOAA), an inhibitor of GABA transaminase, on endogenous GABA content and beta-adrenoceptor mediated pineal function in Merino sheep. A significant elevation of endog...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Foldes A,Maxwell CA,Rintoul AJ,Edols RW

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present article we report that in vivo LHRH output as measured at the anterior pituitary following castration significantly increased, due to larger and more frequent LHRH signals arriving to this gland. This contrasts with the decreased amplitude and overall mean LHRH release of castrate males bearing a push-p...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Dluzen DE,Ramirez VD

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) has been characterized on the basis of its intrinsic activity to release corticotropin from cultured rat anterior pituitary cells. Injected in intact rats, CRF increases adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) release. Endogenous CRF-like immunoreactivity was detected in the cytoplasm a...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Morel G,Enjalbert A,Proulx L,Pelletier G,Barden N,Grossard F,Dubois PM

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood samples were removed via chronic intra-atrial cannulae every 15 min in female rats during the estrous cycle, the last week of pregnancy, parturition and suckling. Growth hormone (GH) secretion during the estrous cycle is characterized by episodic release, occurring approximately once hourly. The surges in GH inc...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Saunders A,Terry LC,Audet J,Brazeau P,Martin JB

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In rats anesthetized with sodium pentobarbital, adrenal venous blood samples were collected and analyzed for epinephrine and norepinephrine by the fluorometric method. Stimulation of the inferior fovea or adjacent areas resulted in a significant increase in epinephrine secretion. Stimulation of some other areas of the...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Matsui H

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) synthesis [accumulation of 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) following inhibition of aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase with NSD 1015] and metabolism [concentration of the primary metabolite of 5-HT, 5-hydroxyindole-3-acetic acid (5-HIAA)] were measured in the suprachiasmatic (SCN), medial preopt...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Johnston CA,Demarest KT,Moore KE

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An influence of thyroid status on the secretory activity of hypothalamic dopaminergic neurons was observed in adult rats and its involvement in the regulation of prolactin (PRL) secretion was examined. The secretory activity of the tuberoinfundibular dopaminergic (TIDA) neurons was evaluated by measurement of dopamine...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Reymond MJ,Benotto W,Lemarchand-Béraud T

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats bearing transplanted prolactin-secreting tumors are known to have very high prolactin levels in the serum, reduced hypothalamic opiate concentrations, increasing hypothalamic dopamine synthesis and increased hypophyseal portal blood dopamine levels. Further, it has been shown that incubation in 3H-leucine of ante...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Login IS,Nagy I,MacLeod RM

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enriched population of cells immunoreactive to antiserum against S-100 protein, a marker of folliculo-stellate (FS) cells in the rat pituitary, was obtained by separation of dispersed pituitary cells from adult female rats by gradient sedimentation at unit gravity. The effect of FS cells on the stimulation and inhi...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Allaerts W,Denef C

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The A1 and A2 brainstem noradrenergic cell groups project to the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN), which is involved in integrating the stress response. Bi-directional communication between the brain and immune system is well established, with both neuroendocrine and immune responses being activated by lipop...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Condé GL,Renshaw D,Zubelewicz B,Lightman SL,Harbuz MS

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of pinealectomy or immunization against melatonin (Mel) and N-acetylserotonin (NAS) on plasma prolactin (Prl) levels was studied in rats following pineal stimulation induced by blinding or exposure to short photoperiods (1 h light and 23 h darkness daily). Blinding alone or together with pinealectomy or imm...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Niles LP,Brown GM,Grota LJ

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymic neuroendocrine neoplasms are rare tumours, but their management can often be highly problematic. While previously assumed to be essentially variants of bronchopulmonary (lung) carcinoids, they are generally more aggressive and more difficult to treat. Some 25% are associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia-1,...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Jia R,Sulentic P,Xu JM,Grossman AB

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to examine the occurrence of endogenous oscillations of Per1, Per2, Bmal1 and Rev-erbα genes in rat pineal explants and to investigate their regulation by adrenergic ligands. Our results show a significant and sustained rhythm of Per2,Bmal1 and Rev-erbα gene expression for up to 48 h in cultu...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Wongchitrat P,Felder-Schmittbuhl MP,Govitrapong P,Phansuwan-Pujito P,Simonneaux V

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The reviewing and assessment of epidemiological characteristics of neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) remains a challenge. Despite the fact that it is an uncommon family of neoplasms, several worldwide series have revealed an increasing incidence of this rare condition. However, the data are difficult to compare ...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Huguet I,Grossman AB,O'Toole D

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathologies involving the pituitary stalk (PS) are generally revealed by the presence of diabetes insipidus. The availability of MRI provides a major diagnostic contribution by enabling the visualization of the site of the culprit lesion, especially when it is small. However, when only an enlarged PS is found, the eti...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Hána V,Salenave S,Chanson P

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of angiotensin II (AII) and natriuretic peptide (ANP), alone or in combination, on tuberoinfundibular dopaminergic (TIDA) neuronal activity and on serum PRL levels were examined in this study. The TIDA neuronal activity was determined by measuring 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) concentration in the...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Yen SH,Pan JT

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous work has demonstrated that N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) is capable of stimulating luteinizing hormone release in a variety of species. Interestingly, the ability of NMDA to stimulate luteinizing hormone release is significantly compromised in castrated male and female rats as compared to intact animals. The pu...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Brann DW,Zamorano PL,Chorich LP,Mahesh VB

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acute effects of hypothalamic electrical stimulation on the secretion of FSH and LH have been examined in anestrous and estrous ferrets. Basal levels of luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) were higher in the anestrous than in the estrous animals; the anestrous animals showed a more mark...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Donovan BT,ter Haar MB

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Abuse of toluene products (e.g., glue-sniffing) primarily occurs during adolescence and has been associated with appetite suppression and weight impairments. However, the metabolic phenotype arising from adolescent inhalant abuse has never been fully characterised, and its persistence during abstinence ...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Crossin R,Andrews ZB,Sims NA,Pang T,Mathai M,Gooi JH,Stefanidis A,Oldfield BJ,Lawrence AJ,Duncan JR

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of melatonin and an aqueous extract of bovine pineal glands on adrenal function were studied in pinealectomized, ovariectomized and hypophysectomized rats. Melatonin (50 microgram i.p., twice daily for 1 week) stimulates adrenal 5 alpha-reductase activity in intact animals and after ovariectomy. A correspo...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Ogle TF,Kitay JI

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain corticosteroid receptors, the type 1 mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) and the type 2 glucocorticoid receptor (GR), are involved in the regulation of neuroendocrine and behavioral responses during ongoing and stressful conditions. To further investigate the role of MR in these responses, we treated male Wistar rat...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Reul JM,Probst JC,Skutella T,Hirschmann M,Stec IS,Montkowski A,Landgraf R,Holsboer F

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the role of the hypothalamus in the regulation of growth hormone (GH) synthesis, the rate of amino acid incorporation into GH in vitro was examined in rats with anterolateral deafferentation of the medial basal hypothalamus. Amino acid incorporation into GH (GH synthesis) decreased significantly 7 days after ...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Ieiri T,Ishikawa K,Suzuki M,Shimoda S

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the development of a radioimmunoassay for prepro-TRH(160-169) (PS4), a thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) enhancing peptide, and its use in characterizing the effect of electroconvulsive seizures on the levels of this peptide in various brain regions of male Wistar rats. We found that electroconvulsive seiz...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Pekary AE,Sattin A,Lloyd RL

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating evidence in rodents suggests that a prolactin locally synthesized and released within the brain can act together with that taken up from the circulation to modulate neuroendocrine responses. The present study was designed to identify the regional patterns of prolactin expression in the adult and developin...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Roselli CE,Bocklandt S,Stadelman HL,Wadsworth T,Vilain E,Stormshak F

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have found thyroxine 5'-deiodinase in rat posterior pituitary. The isozyme pattern was different in intermediate and neural lobes. The former contained only type I enzyme. In the neural lobe, in euthyroidism only type I was found while in hypothyroidism type II was a prominent form. Since type II 5'-deiodinase has ...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Tanaka K,Murakami M,Greer MA

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00